You've heard of Michael 'Air' Jordan – well, get ready for 'AI-R' Jordan

Artificially intelligent software has now picked up a devastating new skill after observing humans. A pair of brainiacs – Jessica Hodgins at Carnegie Mellon University in the US and Libin Liu at DeepMotion, a Silicon Valley startup creating realistic graphics using AI – have trained a virtual character that can show off its believable b-ball skills in real time. It's harder than it sounds, honest. The joints in the arms, hands, and fingers have to be realistically simulated in order to demonstrate its basketball powers. And even though it exists in a virtual world, the character has to take gravity into account, and maintain its balance and control while moving.